CVE-2017-17539 describes a critical vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWLC versions 7.0.11 and earlier, stemming from a hardcoded account. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full read/write access via a remote shell, earning a CVSS score of 9.8. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0, <= 7.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.0, <= 8.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiwlc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.